Seat-fastener



(No Model.)

C. W. NEEDLES.

I SEAT FASTBNER.

No. 372,697. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

N. PETERS, Pbemmh n her, Washington, n.0,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES "W. NEEDLES, OF ATLANTIC, IOWA.

SEAT- FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,697, dated November 8, 1887.

Application filed March 10. 1887. Serial No. 230,407.

- fication.

My invention relates to improvements in seat-fasteners in which a hinged clasp or catch secures the seat to the rail of the wagon-body; and the objects of my improvements are to provide a cheap and durable seat-fastener by means of which the seat can be readily moved backward and forward and be secured to any desired portion of the body-rail. I attain these objects by the seat-fastener illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the seatfastener, showing it screwed to the seatriser and clasped to the body-rail. Fig. 2 is a (letail perspective view of the nut. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the seat-fastener. Fig. at is a sectional view of the seat-fastener, cut centrally through the bolt and nut on the line at a", Fig. 8.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The seat-fastener consists of the plate d, having apertures for the passage of screws, whereby it can be screwed to the seat-riser A, the threaded bolt 10, firmly secured at one end to the plate (Z, the plate 9, having the slot m, and having its lower end bent, forming the catch or hook e, the hinge 2', by means of which the plate g is hinged to the plate (I, the cylindric nut 15, having the grooven upon its outside and having the bail-shaped handle '0. That por tion of the plate g which contains the slot at is thickened. The upper portion of the slot at is made of sufficient size to allow the nut to readily pass through the plate 9. All that portion of the slot next to the plate its entire length, is made of suitable size to loosely receive all that portion of the nut below the groove 11, or that part between the groove and plate (I. The outward, middle, and lower portions of the slot, particularly where the bolt 10 passes through it, is narrowed, so that the edges of the plate 9 next to the slot loosely fit the groove n of the nut, as shown in the sectional view, Fig. 4; The lower end of the plate 9 is bent under the lower end of the plate d, so as to form an angle with the other portion of the plate g, slightly acute, thus making the catch or hook e. The nut tis cylinder- (No model.)

shaped, and has a threaded aperture in its center to receive the bolt 10. The bail-shaped handler; can be cast integral with the nut. The bolt to can be cast integral with the plate (I, or be firmly secured on it in any suitable HIZLDDGI.

The scatfastener should be screwed or otherwise secured to the seat-riser A, so that the catch awhen the nut is turned on as far as possible, will press firmly against the under portion of the body-rail B.

That portion of the catch 6 which is the nearestto the body panel C is bent slightly more upward than the remainder of the catch, so that when the nut is turned on as far as possible that portion of the catch next to the bodypanel will press firmly against the lower side ot'the body-rail. It is evitlcntthat ifthe nut be turned off it will cause the plateg to swing from the plated, and the pressure of the catch against the lower side of the body-rail will be removed and the seat can then be moved backward and forward upon the body-rail. Then by turning the nut on as far as convenient the catch 6 will press firmly against the under side of the body-rail, thus fastening the seat firmly to the wagon-body at any desired place.

There should be a seat-fastener secured to the scat-riser at each end of the scat.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure to by Letters Patent, is-

1. A scat-fastener consisting of the plate d, having apertures for screws, and having firmly secured to it the threaded bolt to, the plate g,

. hinged at its upper end to the plated, andhaving a slot through which the bolt w passes, the catch e, and a nut which receives the bolt, all combined and arranged substantially as described.

2. The herein-described seat-fastener, consisting of two plates hinged together, one of said plates having apertures for screws and having a threaded bolt firmly secured to it, and the other plate having a slot through which the bolt passes, and having its lower end bent forming a catch, a cylinder-shaped nut which receives the bolt, and which has a groove upon its outer circumference that receives the edges next to the slot of the plate having the slot, all combined and arranged substantially as described.

CHARLES V. NEEDLES.

W'itnesses:

FRANK I. SNOUFFER, JAMES W. BROWN. 

